Title: Author Name appearing wrong
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Author Name appearing wrong

 *  [dadshandyhome@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadshandyhomegmailcom/)
 * (@dadshandyhomegmailcom)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/)
 * I am trying to make my actual name appear where it shows the author.
 * [http://dadshandyhome.com/2013/10/17/test-post/](http://dadshandyhome.com/2013/10/17/test-post/)
 * Where it says dadshandyhomegmail-com It should be my name, im sure there is a
   way to change this to display what I would like, but I cannot find it.

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 *  [Thimothe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wcube/)
 * (@wcube)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/#post-4230773)
 * Hi,
 * try switching the “Display name publicly as” under Users > Profile.
 *  Thread Starter [dadshandyhome@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadshandyhomegmailcom/)
 * (@dadshandyhomegmailcom)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/#post-4230788)
 * I have switched that but it does not matter what I switch it to it always shows
   as dadshandyhomegmail-com Its not even a real email address. The @ is gone and
   the dot is a dash. I dont know if something is wrong or ?
 *  Thread Starter [dadshandyhome@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadshandyhomegmailcom/)
 * (@dadshandyhomegmailcom)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/#post-4230789)
 * I am starting to think it is a problem in the theme I completely deleted the 
   theme and re-installed it, but my name still displays wrong
 *  [Thimothe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wcube/)
 * (@wcube)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/#post-4230794)
 * Even if I can’t find a page with the post name anymore, I’ll still try to give
   you some hints.
 * If it is an issue with the theme, you’ll want to create a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes),
   create a new functions.php file in the child theme anad edit the function which
   displays the meta data. To help you quickly find what you need, do a search in
   the file for meta or author or name.
 * It should use WP’s native function get_the_author() to return the author name.
 * Hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [dadshandyhome@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dadshandyhomegmailcom/)
 * (@dadshandyhomegmailcom)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/#post-4230809)
 * Sorry I could not figure it out so I disabled the page.
    The page is back now
   if you follow the link I gave. If you have more information on how to fix this
   it would be appreciated. I have decided that I need to know a little more about
   wordpress themes. There is a lot more I want to edit, but I don’t know how, I
   just know its possible. If you could point me somewhere that might have some 
   more information on how wordpress themes work that would be extremely appreciated.
 *  [Thimothe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wcube/)
 * (@wcube)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/#post-4230812)
 * In my opinion, the best way to learn WP and web design is to have a project, 
   to have issues with the project, to google for the answer and to get and provide
   help in the forums. Knowing some html, css, javascript and php won’t hurt either
   but it is one step at a time. Eventually, the big picture will appear clearer.
 * There are some courses available but I find they won’t help you with your problems
   for the time spent.
 * As I said, Google is your friend 🙂
 * And have you tried contacting the developper of this theme about this issue ?

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 * Last reply from: [Thimothe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wcube/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/author-name-appearing-wrong/#post-4230812)
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